Guidebook for Cambridge

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Guidebook for Cambridge

Food Scene

Closest coffee shop and the best breads and baked goods. Pricey but treat yourself at least once.
72 locals recommend
Hi-Rise Bread Company
208 Concord Ave
72 locals recommend
Closest coffee shop and the best breads and baked goods. Pricey but treat yourself at least once.
Our local pizza, delivers.
15 locals recommend
Armando's Pizza
163 Huron Ave
15 locals recommend
Our local pizza, delivers.
Good chinese!
13 locals recommend
House of Chang
282 Concord Ave
13 locals recommend
Good chinese!
Excellent coffee in a horizontally-challenged layout.
25 locals recommend
Simon's Coffee Shop
1736 Massachusetts Ave
25 locals recommend
Excellent coffee in a horizontally-challenged layout.
Great food in a family-friendly setting. Best if you're the grown-up of someone 7 and under.
25 locals recommend
Full Moon
344 Huron Ave
25 locals recommend
Great food in a family-friendly setting. Best if you're the grown-up of someone 7 and under.
Best hot chocolate in the U.S., hands down.
64 locals recommend
L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates
52 Brattle St
64 locals recommend
Best hot chocolate in the U.S., hands down.

Shopping

A great independent bookstore in a city full of independent bookstores. Our local and beloved.
144 locals recommend
Porter Square
144 locals recommend
A great independent bookstore in a city full of independent bookstores. Our local and beloved.
Everything from batteries to zinnia seeds. Our go-to for basic household needs.
Tags Hardware
29 White St
Everything from batteries to zinnia seeds. Our go-to for basic household needs.
Entertaining? China Fair has dead cheap tableware, kitchen gadgets, and cooking gear.
China Fair
2100 Massachusetts Ave
Entertaining? China Fair has dead cheap tableware, kitchen gadgets, and cooking gear.
Stationery nerds, behold.
Paper Source
1810 Massachusetts Ave
Stationery nerds, behold.
Another local bookstore, this time all used books.
Bryn Mawr Book Store
373 Huron Ave
Another local bookstore, this time all used books.

Everything Else

Drop in yoga, if you need to recharge.
Majestic Yoga Studio - Huron Avenue, Cambridge
1555 Massachusetts Avenue
Drop in yoga, if you need to recharge.
Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Staples, TJ Maxx, Panera, etc.
112 locals recommend
Fresh Pond Mall
545 Concord Ave
112 locals recommend
Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Staples, TJ Maxx, Panera, etc.

Essentials

Better than a convenient store, more convenient than the supermarket.
Thistle & Shamrock
62 Walden St
Better than a convenient store, more convenient than the supermarket.
The closest full-service grocery store. Good sized parking lot but it can be very busy at peak times.
595 locals recommend
Star Market
370 Western Ave
595 locals recommend
The closest full-service grocery store. Good sized parking lot but it can be very busy at peak times.
Gourmet food shop specializing in small production artisan cheeses and charcuterie, hand-made sweets, staples for your pantry, and hard-to-find spices. Most exotic chocolate selection around.
55 locals recommend
Formaggio Kitchen
358 Huron Ave
55 locals recommend
Gourmet food shop specializing in small production artisan cheeses and charcuterie, hand-made sweets, staples for your pantry, and hard-to-find spices. Most exotic chocolate selection around.

Sightseeing

Food trucks, a weekly farmer's market, and some wonderfully geeky exhibits in the Science Center itself.
6 locals recommend
Science Center
1 Oxford St
6 locals recommend
Food trucks, a weekly farmer's market, and some wonderfully geeky exhibits in the Science Center itself.
An excellent gallery with a focus on beautiful crafts.
Mobilia Gallery
348 Huron Ave
An excellent gallery with a focus on beautiful crafts.

Drinks & Nightlife

Drinks and live music, no cover, almost every night of the year.
42 locals recommend
Toad
1912 Massachusetts Ave
42 locals recommend
Drinks and live music, no cover, almost every night of the year.

Arts & Culture

Great music, food, and beer. Rinse, repeat.
69 locals recommend
The Sinclair
52 Church St
69 locals recommend
Great music, food, and beer. Rinse, repeat.